ProjectC55

Just curious to know how many converted C43 or CLK430 to 55 converts are on the forums now. Seems like there are alot now since early 2000.
Drove mines today after having her garaged since September last year and I did not realize how much I missed her.
There have been random posts of some real nice W202 43 converts. Only know of one CLK430 to 55 convert from the UK

List car and mods and pics if you want!
I'm working on my pics

will start with my car:

1. Car completed 10/2005 if memory serves me right
2. 5.4L motor from 99'E55 35k miles
3. Kleemann headers Swain Coated
4. 2.5 to 3.0 inch stainless steel exhaust headers back
5. Superchips customized chip with soldered board for popping in other modded chips
6. Vogtland Springs all around with #5 pads on all 4 corners Bilstein sports all around.
7. BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2(Ultra High Performance Summer)
225-40-18 front 255-35-18 rear W210 E55 18" monos
8. Speedy Benz Adj rear camber arms and front sway bar Speedy Benz delrin bushings
9. Kenwood head unit 2
10. BMC air filter with CLK320 intake setup
11.PTE intake spacer intake mani has thermal wrap underneath as well
12. Stock transmission still original has 149k miles always changed with mb tranny fluid and filter never had to rebuild runs flawless thanks to advice of Speedy Benz
Dyno'd 310rwhp 322rwtq if I remember right another time it may have dynoed 327rwhp(Kleeman Cams)

All runs done in Mexico.

Most notable kills: heavily Modded C300 SRT8,heavily Modded Audi RS4 V8, Stock BMW E39 M5, Stock W209 CLK55,Stock W208 CLK55 and many other V8's. Countless E46 M3's

Killed by:An E36 M3 racecar at triple digit speeds(power to weight prevailed) Heavily modded motor,fiberglass doors hood,no interior,SSR comp rims. MT Slicks, Active autowerkes headers and AEM standalone. race seats No interior. This car ran high 11's normally aspirated at English Town.

Ausmbtech

I've had the 5.4 conversion now for about 12 months. I rebuilt my engine before fitment, the only engine mods are PTE cams and ceramic coated pistons. For the rest of the car I have Bilstein B8's, W210 E55 18" wheels, Hedgehog Motorsport front LCA bushes, Deep transmission pan, 22mm rear sway bar and a custom radiator.

Unfortunately my car has developed an unhealthy appetite for rear thrust arm bushes since the engine conversion and I haven't discovered the reason yet so I haven't driven it for a few months......but hopefully I'll be driving it again soon

Here are some dyno sheets from just after the engine conversion. I should do another one now that the engine has run in fully. The blue line was an overlay from a tuned W203 C55 for comparison purposes.

sick430

Hey guys,

2000 CLK430 with 120K miles, swap was done at 105K about a year ago.
Swapped ML55 engine with 15K

Log headers, high flow cats, resonator delete, eisenmann race cat back.
kleemann springs, bilstiens sports, eibach sways (f&R), control arms, 17x8.5 AMG all around, vipCLK f&r brace.
PTE thermal spacers for intake, EvoSport wires, OE Tuning, SL55K intake, custom louvered hood.

eFifty5AMG

Very nice build. What cats are you running? Do you have more info on the PTE thermal spacers? What kind of power are you putting down?

PJmak

I had mine converted about two months ago so 02/15 approximately.

No mods so far but the engine is from a 2002 ml55 with 113k and ive had a tranny from a 2001 e55 in the 43 since I bought it.

Lowered on bilstein sport and h&r sport springs. I have the kmac kit ready to go in next weekend.

I would wanna do headers and a ecu tune but for now Im focusing on cosmetic imperfections on my ride.

Unfortunately noone challenged me to a race yet.

Shes a joy to drive...

PJmak

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Lets get a list going...

DutchC54

hi im from Holland, Europe.
did my swap in August last year, 08/2014.
engine came from a 2000 E55 with about 150.000miles on it.
also no real modifications done.
stock E55 engine harness
used old C43 harness for starter
stock C43 Transmission
stock C43 ECU
Ebay headers
secondary cats removed
mid resonator removed
BMC airfilters used


had my car re-inspected again so now all is officially documented.
filling in my license plate on the dutch "check-licenseplate"-site it now tells 260kw instead of 225kw.

i can recommend this engine swap to everyone

ProjectC55

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ProjectC55

How do you like the pte cams??

ProjectC55

car sounds like a beast!!!

DutchC54

thanks!!
since u like the sound of it

PJmak

How does the w202 c55 stack up against competition stock. No headers, tunes, nothing....

Anyone have experiences they wanna share?

Ausmbtech

The lobes look visually bigger and wider than the factory cams, they are of excellent quality!
The idle is a little lopey, enough to let you know there is something different but it behaves enough to not cause any issues.
The engine pulls all the way to redline which the dyno sheet shows but I think without supporting mods, particularly a really good set of headers (most likely long tube) they don't gain too much in power. I must stress they although they can increase power, without the supporting mods they will mainly change the character of the engine.
Having said that, I do have a spare set of C55 cams and W210 E55 cams but I'm not fitting them back in because I love the character that it currently has.

ProjectC55

yes when I only had the motor in without mods the car was still a beast!

sick430

Thanks, I have not had it on a dyno yet, however playing with some other cars I would assume close to 400 at the engine. The cats are 300 cell magnacore high flow. Love the spacers, you can place your hand on the intake manifold after a run no problem.

nkctb7

I'm in the process of replacing all seals, gaskets, pulleys, timing chain and maf on my '02 E55 motor with 100K Kms. Adding custom headers and I should have the swap completed by May. Will post updates soon!

PJmak

Just ran a srt4 neon. Expected to pull on him more than I did but still got him from a 60mph roll in third and from like 10 mph roll. Broke traction and fishtailed for a second. I could hear his turbo as he was shifting behind me. The guy looked confused as he gave me thumbs up.

I dont think he was stock. Im confident a stock c43 would pull on a stock srt4 from a roll. With the 5.4 I should have pulled on it a lot more if he was stock. He was hanging a car length behind

ProjectC55

any pics of you sl55k intake? Sounds very interesting

ProjectC55

He probably was not stock. have you ever driven a w208 clk55? That should give you an idea of how a stock 43 with a 55 engine will run. clk55 is no sloch in anyway. There is a guy on this forum with a stock clk55w208 that gave my friends modded srt8 some serious problems.

Sulaco

Stock for stock, a 43 will beat an SRT4 Neon from a rolling start. Will struggle from a standstill, due to tall gearing autobox.

A 43 with 55 swap will destroy a stock SRT4 in all areas.

He was not stock. For about the same price of a 55 swap in our cars, you can make an SRT4 Neon stupidly, crazy fast. Like, should-be-illegal fast. One day I'm going to have a turbo dodge, but it will be the best one (which is also the first one): An Omni GLH or GLH-S. Those things are just mind-blowingly insane. The only one I've found, the owner was very picky about who he'd sell it to because of how dangerous it was.

ProjectC55

I think we still have more guys that have done conversions ope they respond to the thread and tell about their car.

benzslo

I used a 2000 e55 motor. Completely rebuilt went through the heads, new rings, new rod bearings, etc etc. A couple small hp tricks during the build also.
cams from a 209 clk55
kleemann headers, no cats
renntech airbox

It runs out really well. the clk cams helped it pull to redline much better, before it'd get a little flat.

I haven't raced many but I did destroy a 370z nismo many times, bus lengths. And a coworkers fatboy Harley big bore. I suspect it will be high 12's when I make it to the strip. I've driven a lot of 55's and many since I did the conversion to my car, I don't think I've felt a better pull from any other n/a 55.

PJmak

Do you guys get your cams used?? Would you recommend this and how much should I expect to spend?

Im assuming it changes the note of the motor slightly no?

PJmak

I never knew about this dodge. It reminds me of lancia delta. I think I like it....a lot

Sulaco

I have been lusting after it for a couple years now. Wife won't let me get one unless I sell a C43. Not happening!!

Plus, they are IMPOSSIBLE to find! Being 80's hatchbacks many of them have been sold for scrap because people didn't know what it was...

And the rest are in the hands of owners who won't let it go for less than big money!